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Highland Youth Choir to resume rehearsals in January
The Highland Community College Youth Choir will resume rehearsals on Monday, January 7, under the direction of Dagny Brandt. New members, grades kindergarten through 12 are welcome. There is no audition or registration fee. The choir rehearses on Mondays from ...
Highland’s CollegeNOW program continues to grow with the addition of Aquin
The Highland Community College Board of Trustees has approved an agreement with Aquin Catholic High School to be among 10 area high schools to participate in the CollegeNOW program. The program allows high school students to take college-level classes to ...
Highland nursing students can transition from AAS degree to BSN degree with Lewis University though FHN
Highland Community College nursing students have an opportunity to graduate with a Bachelor of Nursing degree from Lewis University and step into a job at FHN through an agreement with Lewis University and a partnership with FHN to have students ...
Highland Community College honors GED® completers with Recognition Ceremony
Highland Community College’s 46th annual General Education Development (GED®) Recognition Ceremony, to honor the 2018 completers was on Wednesday, November 14 at the Community Service Center at 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. The fifteen students who completed the requirements ...
Highland Community College Foundation recognizes distinguished alumni
On November 8, the Highland Community College Foundation recognized six individuals as Distinguished Alumni during the annual ceremony held at the Freeport Club in Freeport. This is the 24th year the awards have been presented to individuals who have shown community ...
Highland holds graduation for Thomson Cohorts
Seven students from the Thomson Federal Prison graduated from Highland Community College on Tuesday, October 30 in the Student/Conference Center on campus at 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. "Today's graduates were very appreciative to us assisting them in attaining ...
Highland Agriculture Students Compete at Illinois PAS Conference
Sixteen Highland Community College Agriculture students recently participated in the Illinois Professional Agriculture Students (PAS) Annual Conference at Lincoln Land College in Springfield, Ill. The conference included competitions in mock job interviews, agriculture sale competitions, agriculture knowledge quiz bowl, and a ...
Fall 2018 Final Exam Schedule
Below is the final exam schedule for the fall semester of 2018. Final exam week is Dec. 10-14. Please check for the times of your examinations. Final exams in classes beginning at 5:00 p.m. or later on MW or 5:30 p.m. ...
Highland ECE students hold a fundraiser for books to area students
Highland students in the Intro to Early Childhood Education (ECE) classes raised enough money to disperse books to 12 area teachers for a book a month to a total of 335 students from area schools in the Highland Community College ...
Medical Assistant students hold food collection
Highland Medical Assistant students did a food collection for The Salvation Army. The students call it a "Mile of Mashed Potatoes."